Cantaloupe fest returns to Fallon this weekend

9:18 AM,
Aug. 30, 2013

B. Ann Lattin shows off this years crop of hearts of gold melons at the Fallon Cantaloupe Festival in this file photo.

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The Fallon Cantaloupe Festival returns to Northern Nevada for its 28th year this weekend, making it Nevada's longest-running agricultural event.

Organizers say the festival is emerging from a few rough years during the recession to come back stronger than ever, because of involvement from the all-volunteer nonprofit Fallon Festival Association Inc., which took the reins of the festival in 2010.

Offerings at this year's event, which runs Friday through Sunday in at the Churchill County Fairgrounds, include music, family attractions and, of course, plenty of cantaloupe. On Friday, ...